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Main Meeting
by E S - January 21, 2001 at 23:24:08:
Random Access—The members were notified of the Volunteer Party on January 14th at Hometown Buffet in Anaheim. It will begin at 5:00 p.m.An offer of a new SIG on WEB design using Dream Weaver was presented.
Randy Whittle returned to present information about CD labeling and show the program he represents, CD Labeler by Micro Vision Development. In 1991 CD Writers cost about $25,000 and had approximately a 30% success rated . Today, a CD writer is about $150.00 and the success rate is 90%.
The advantages of using a CD-ROM are:
• Easy to share data.
• Transfer LP records to music CD’s.
• Archive old data (the estimated life of a CD is 75 to 200 years)
• Save/share digital photos and video.
The CD-R disk has a dye layer on top that is burned from the bottom by the laser in the CD writer, and is more vulner-able to damage than the laser burned side. On a non-labeled disk feel for the stacking hub. A ridge near the center of the disk is on the laser burning side.
The typical CD-R disk can hold either 74 minutes of audio/650Mb of data or 80 minutes of audio/700Mb of data. A new larger disk has been recently introduced that will hold 900Mb of data. The Mean Time Between Failure (MTBF) for a typical CD-R drive is 100,000 hours, compared to 300,000 hours for the typical read only CD ROM drive. It was suggested that a CD-R drive could last longer if it was an external drive that you could turn off when not needed. Writing to a CD-R disk is fairly straightforward, but you have to write at the speed of the media you are using. Less expensive media may require a slower write speed. Check with your software about setting the speed. How do you tell what is on these new CDs? The ink from z mdfking pen may damage the dye layer of the disk. The best way to safely identify the new CD is with a prinmted label.. Micro Vision Development has been in business for 10 years and license modified versions of their label-making program to Avery and other companies. The three steps to making a label are design, print and application. CD Labeler has several background designs and clipart to help in the design of the label or copy the label on the original CD.with a scanner Micro Vision Development also has a program for creating labels for business card style CD’s. After the presentation, Randy raffled off several prizes he had brought and made a very special offer to club members on the programs he presented. Next month—Steve Gibson, noted author and Computer Guru on Internet Security & new “LeakTest” author, (www.grc.com) Will give us an update on Internet Security and Privacy, and also show his mid-December release of the “LeakTest” freeware, which penetrated all but ONE personal PC firewall and has forced EVERY personal firewall vendor to immediately update and revise their products.?
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